Well the new 2011-3 socket has been released. But it's expensive. What sort of budget are you on and what website do you use?

For just eve, even multiboxing thats is super over kill.

Before i upgraded, which cost me a whopping $400 maybe 500 or so, my first generation i5 about 6 years old, with 4 gigs of ram, an ATI XT800 card which i thing had 512 DDR2, maybe 1GB DDR2 could play 4 accounts with no issues at all, 5 i started having some choking. But seriously if you drop eve to the lowest setting it uses barley anything.

My current 6 core AMD, with 16gb rand and a radio R9 plays 5 accounts with no problems

They wont be able to run on max graphics. But it will be able to run all 5-6 accounts easily on low.

With that being said, do you think I could reduce myself down to one graphics card instead of two and still run ok on low?

Probably. yes.

The 740 is a major flaw. Go for a 760 and dial down the CPU a bit if you are on a budget, or just go AMD for the CPU as it's far better Price:Performance.

The 740 is a major flaw. Go for a 760 and dial down the CPU a bit if you are on a budget, or just go AMD for the CPU as it's far better Price:Performance.

Hello Comrades.

I seek advice on a pc build intended for eve multiboxing cilents (at the most 6ish)

this would be my first pc build, before its all online ordered or store bought and I am not as computer savvy as most in this game so this is why I come to you for ideas.

I've done a little reading on multiboxing setups that others have had, and this is my idea. please give input if you see a major flaw in the plan:

: Intel-« CoreGäó i7-4790K 4.0 GHz 8MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1150
: ASUS MAXIMUS VII RANGER ATX w / Intel GbLAN, 3 PCIe x16, 3 PCIe x1, 1x M.2, 6x SATA 6Gb/s
: G.SKILL 32GB (8GBx4) DDR3/1866MHz Dual Channel Memory
: EVGA Superclocked NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 4GB GDDR3 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card (Dual Card, Non-SLI)
: 240GB Intel 530 Series SATA-III 6.0Gb/s SSD - 540MB/s Read & 490MB/s Write + 2 TB Seagate Mechanical Harddrive for basic data

From my reading its very important to have enough ram and a good motherboard to facilitate the transfer of data between all parts, will this work with the dual video cards?

I am grateful for any input here since most of my pc knowledge comes from reading other people talk on forums

or if you multibox and could share your proven setup I would appreciate too :D

Hello Comrades.

I seek advice on a pc build intended for eve multiboxing cilents (at the most 6ish)

this would be my first pc build, before its all online ordered or store bought and I am not as computer savvy as most in this game so this is why I come to you for ideas.

I've done a little reading on multiboxing setups that others have had, and this is my idea. please give input if you see a major flaw in the plan:

: Intel-« CoreGäó i7-4790K 4.0 GHz 8MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1150
: ASUS MAXIMUS VII RANGER ATX w / Intel GbLAN, 3 PCIe x16, 3 PCIe x1, 1x M.2, 6x SATA 6Gb/s
: G.SKILL 32GB (8GBx4) DDR3/1866MHz Dual Channel Memory
: EVGA Superclocked NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 4GB GDDR3 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card (Dual Card, Non-SLI)
: 240GB Intel 530 Series SATA-III 6.0Gb/s SSD - 540MB/s Read & 490MB/s Write + 2 TB Seagate Mechanical Harddrive for basic data

From my reading its very important to have enough ram and a good motherboard to facilitate the transfer of data between all parts, will this work with the dual video cards?

I am grateful for any input here since most of my pc knowledge comes from reading other people talk on forums

or if you multibox and could share your proven setup I would appreciate too :D

: G.SKILL 32GB (8GBx4) DDR3/1866MHz Dual Channel Memory

I am sorry to do this but you said 'good components' and you post an Asus board.

Use a Gigabyte instead, seriously!

The support from Asus is bad. Gigabyte has much better support and I haz connections to Taipeh directly .

You also posted some G-somewhat RAMs and I would go Kingston HyperX instead, those even like overclocking with life long warranty!

Harddrives I would prefer Seagate but they don't have SSD drives as far as I know.

If you want a good SSD, do not use Samsung, use Intel / Kingston and maybe OCZ.

Also keep in mind that you will need an appropiate power supply. This I cannot stress enough. It is one of the most important components of your rig.

And if you have somewhere at the range of 60$ US, go by and APC surge protector, for lightning protection. You won't be sorry.

If you want a good SSD, do not use Samsung, use Intel / Kingston and maybe OCZ.

hopefully this works out well for me, my first pc buitl

It's not too hard just use protection.

is the evga 1000w not a good power supply? I tried to do some readings on reviews and such and it seemed to do well.

I am sorry to do this but you said 'good components' and you post an Asus board.

Use a Gigabyte instead, seriously!

The support from Asus is bad. Gigabyte has much better support and I haz connections to Taipeh directly .

You also posted some G-somewhat RAMs and I would go Kingston HyperX instead, those even like overclocking with life long warranty!

Harddrives I would prefer Seagate but they don't have SSD drives as far as I know.

If you want a good SSD, do not use Samsung, use Intel / Kingston and maybe OCZ.

Also keep in mind that you will need an appropiate power supply. This I cannot stress enough. It is one of the most important components of your rig.

And if you have somewhere at the range of 60$ US, go by and APC surge protector, for lightning protection. You won't be sorry.

is the evga 1000w not a good power supply? I tried to do some readings on reviews and such and it seemed to do well.
the reason i went with the samsung is also due to good reviews from multiple websites so i was willing to give it a shot.
ill look into those kingston rams, that life long warrenty is good.
I know asus does not have best support, but out of all the computer products ive used asus is the one brand that hasnt given me a failure yet so im going to try and stick with it.
and I already have that surge apc protector, its a good investment :))

i7 is overkill really
I have i5, 16GB, GTX660
Im running 2xEVE, Diablo 3, WoW same time
Also have Visual Studio, Photoshop and some apps runing
No lag or spike

You can run 6 clients very well on a 6 year old system....


Just make sure to have at least 8 gb of ram because 4 GB is rough going.

Some of us only buy 1 computer every 8 years though, so getting good stuff is a good investment.

EVERYONE!

Thanks for help!

You all helped in opening my eyes to different things :)

I ended up going a bit higher than needed setup, which will also help me in playing other games than eve (THERES OTHER GAMES THAN EVE?)


Cooler Master HAF XB EVO Cube High Air Flow Case
Intel Core i7-4790K Processor
ZOTAC nvidia geforece gtx 770 4gb
ASUS atx ddr3 LGA 1150 maximus VI formula
EVGA supernova 1000 wat g1 atx power supply
samsung 840 pro series 512 gb ssd (+ exta mechanical hd for basic data)
Corsair Vengeance Pro 16gb ddr3 2400mhz pc3
some cooler master case fans + cooler master hyper 212 evo cpu cooler
asus 24x dvd drive
win7 home premium


i only went with 16gb for the time being since i dont think eve will use more then that (can add more down the road)

hopefully this works out well for me, my first pc buitl

Hello Comrades.

I seek advice on a pc build intended for eve multiboxing cilents (at the most 6ish)

this would be my first pc build, before its all online ordered or store bought and I am not as computer savvy as most in this game so this is why I come to you for ideas.

I've done a little reading on multiboxing setups that others have had, and this is my idea. please give input if you see a major flaw in the plan:

: Intel-« CoreGäó i7-4790K 4.0 GHz 8MB Intel Smart Cache LGA1150
: ASUS MAXIMUS VII RANGER ATX w / Intel GbLAN, 3 PCIe x16, 3 PCIe x1, 1x M.2, 6x SATA 6Gb/s
: G.SKILL 32GB (8GBx4) DDR3/1866MHz Dual Channel Memory
: EVGA Superclocked NVIDIA GeForce GT 740 4GB GDDR3 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card (Dual Card, Non-SLI)
: 240GB Intel 530 Series SATA-III 6.0Gb/s SSD - 540MB/s Read & 490MB/s Write + 2 TB Seagate Mechanical Harddrive for basic data

From my reading its very important to have enough ram and a good motherboard to facilitate the transfer of data between all parts, will this work with the dual video cards?

I am grateful for any input here since most of my pc knowledge comes from reading other people talk on forums

or if you multibox and could share your proven setup I would appreciate too :D

Personally I would have run a AMD setup but nothing wrong and actually a nice setup ASUS regardless of what has been said here are great boards and yes the EVGA power supply will do just fine and for your first build you did good at least you didn't use a AMD video card with a intel processor you matched everything well and left room for improvement down the road so nothing wrong with the build at all

you did good

If you have a budget for high end, it's better to buy 2 mid grade PC over those 8 years than 1 high grade one. It's sad but still true.

I feel bad for you. The 5th gen Intel processor comes out summer 2015.

not sure what the criticism of AMD is about. it must be something personal. my rig works fine, and the bottleneck is still the graphics cards

You always get camps.

Apple v Samsung

Apple iOS v Android

Apple iOS v Windows

Apple v Microsoft

Apple v Anybody with a brain (waiting for the rage )

Intel v AMD

Nvidia v ATI (AMD)

Ford v Chevy

Goons v Test

SA Forums v Reddit

The list goes on and on.

The thing is those in either camp will always swear blind the other is rubbish no matter what.

The truth is when it comes to components (Intel, AMD, Nvidia, ATI (AMD) etc there is usually very little in it and when there is a difference it is usually for a very specific task.

You really don't know much about hardware.

Samsung was the biggest supplier of components for the Iphone. Which made the whole lawsuit thing hilariously awful.

Intel and AMD use radically different core and CPU designs which result in differences in real world performance depending on the software being used. The task at hand has much less to do with performance then how the program performing the task is programmed.